XFX Radeon 5850 vs. PNY NVIDIA 460 GTX please help

[hodgenutts]

Hello, I currently have an XFX Radeon 5850. The local store has PNY NVIDIA 460 GTX on clearance for $125 a piece. They have 2 left. These are the 1gb ram versions. I have a Intel i3 overclocked from 2.93ghz to 3.4 ghz. I have 6 gigs of ddr3 RAM. My psu is an OCZ 700 Watt. I play W.O.W., Starcraft 2, Rift and am thinking of getting Witcher 2.

My question is, for the price of $125 would I notice a difference with 460GTX vs. The 5850 I currently have. I do not have much experience with nvidia so I was curious since the 460gtx was newer than my 5850. Also for that price how would 2 of Rehnquist compare in SLI compared to a 5850 crossfire setup. Thank you for your time and help in advance..

 

[notty22]

A 5850 stock is faster than a stock 675mhz gtx 460 , except in a very smaller % of games.
It's way to sideways a proposition.

edit: You can give more PC specs, but many m/b's are crossfire capable, but not SLI ready.

 

[bryanW1995]

No reason to buy 460, it's a sidegrade at best. 5850 was a GREAT card for a long time, a lot of people who bought in sept/oct 2009 have really gotten their money's worth out of them.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

not worthwhile at all to switch

nVidia does fare better in Blizzard games but the GTX460 is an overall slower card and the performance difference in SC2 will be negligible with the 460 holding a slight advantage at Ultra settings but the 5850 being faster with lowered settings.

your cheapest upgrade path would be adding a second 5850 (if you could find one for a fair price) if you're finding a single 5850 to be too slow (and are not CPU bound)

 

[SlowSpyder]

Waste of money in your case, unless you wanted both for SLI. If you need more performance, and your 5850 is running at the stock 725MHz (I think that's what it is) you can over clock it. Those cards loved overclocking, I believe 1GHz+ wasn't uncommon.